Freezing Saddles 2021 – Daily Photo Scavenger Hunt

[drevil]

EDIT 3/23/21 – FINAL RESULTS POST: http://bikearlingtonforum.com/showthread.php?18102-Freezing-Saddles-2021-Daily-Photo-Scavenger-Hunt&p=210265#post210265
EDIT 3/17/21 – FINAL WEEK POST HERE: http://bikearlingtonforum.com/showthread.php?18102-Freezing-Saddles-2021-Daily-Photo-Scavenger-Hunt&p=209861#post209861

I love taking photos, and having a goal usually ups the fun factor, so I’m doing a daily photo scavenger hunt.

Every night, I’ll post something you have to take a picture of the next day (along with the date). I’ll try my best to post before midnight.

It might be an object (a stop sign), a theme (something blue), specific (e.g., a bike laying on the ground), vague (e.g., confusion), a mish-mash of those, or none of those.

Rules:

1. Obvs, you should be a participant in Freezing Saddles ’21
2. It has to be on a bike ride on the day it was requested
3. It has to be posted on the day for which it was requested, i.e., 12:01 AM EST to 11:59 PM EST for the day it was requested. Sorry, I won’t count ones that aren’t posted for the day it was requested. That’s part of the challenge
4. The reason I say “for the day it is requested” is because I might do requests a few days ahead of time, but don’t take and/or post the pic until that day comes.
5. It has to be posted here on the forum in this thread
6. There should be text either in the title or in the post with the date and the found object/theme. Another option is to “Reply With Quote” the post with the request, i.e., simply click that button on the bottom right of my request so it is quoted above your picture
7. Description, short backstory or location are optional (but nice). That said, if your pic is abstract or not obviously relatable to my request, please explain (e.g., I ask for “happiness”, and you post a pic of a tennis ball you found on a ride, please explain how that tennis ball = happiness)
8. It has to be a picture you took, so if you’re in it, it either has to be a selfie or done with a self-timer
9. Only one pic/day. Please don’t pad by adding more than one pic/day
10. It has to be a picture, not a video
11. Let’s stick to things you find out there during your ride, and not things that you bring or make yourself (unless otherwise specified). Example 1: if I say find “2021”, don’t scratch it into dirt. Example 2: if I say find a flower, don’t bring a flower with you on your ride and take a pic of that. This kinda takes the fun out of looking for things, which is the whole point. (Rule added on 1/2/21)
12. Unless specified otherwise, your bike does not have to be in the photo. (Rule amended on 1/4/21)
13. Found item needs to be clear and discernible (or legible if text) in the picture. If you are using Tapatalk and are having trouble posting pics that are large enough, let us know and I/we can try to help you with it. (Rule added on 1/3/21)
14. Filters are OK, but no obvious/blatant photoshopping… not that I know anything about such things

Photoshop? by bikecentric, on Flickr

Scoring: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kgsAzaLIXN-IJMjscyNnQTNvWEp__VzgGBSkJDYrTfs/edit?usp=sharing

1. If you follow all the rules above, it’s 1 point/picture. I’ll like your pic if I have added the point to the tally sheet.
2. If I feel like you haven’t met all the rules, I’ll give you .25 points for the effort (Added on 1/11/21)
3. I’ll keep a tally with your forum name. I may reach out to you via the forum’s messaging, or ask you to reach out to me in a post in this thread.
4. EDIT ON 3/17/21: THIS WILL NOT HAPPEN ANYMORE -> At the end of FS, every like in each of your pic posts = +1 point. I’ll add these up at the end
   So for example, your pic has met all the conditions at the top, and has 3 likes. That will add 4 points (1 for the pic +3 for the likes) to your pot.

Notes:

1. Prizes TBD
2. Contest starts 1/1/21 and goes until the last day of FS ’21
3. Some of these will be hard. Fret not, some will be easy, so skip those days that are too difficult
4. Don’t ever ever ever ever do anything that can put you in danger or will result in hurting yourself. I promise I won’t ask for any pics of you riding on the Beltway
5. I might post pics, but mine don’t count in the contest

EDIT 3/17/21 -SEE FINAL WEEK POST HERE: http://bikearlingtonforum.com/showthread.php?18102-Freezing-Saddles-2021-Daily-Photo-Scavenger-Hunt&p=209861#post209861

Topic

[Kbikeva]

@bigredboiler 208156 wrote:

2/18/21 – Full EV

Even Teslas were hard to come by for me today (but not impossible).
The bike rack; yes, that was impossible for me today.

Luckily, the city of Arlington bought some Nissan Leaf EVs. Too bad they aren’t hip enough to have bike racks (guess I would need to live in Boulder or Portland to find that on a city vehicle).

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If they were really hip they wouldn’t buy vehicles at all — just cargo e-bikes.

[drevil]

@accordioneur 208164 wrote:

drevil, I feel sorry for the headache you’ll have after scoring today’s hunt! For example, the Chevy Volt is a plug-in hybrid and the Niro is a hybrid. Neither are EVs.

Yeah, I know

@Kbikeva 208166 wrote:

When did the ‘ask’ change? I operated all day on the idea that no hybrids were allowed. I could have had any number of those. sigh

At about 4pm. I sometimes can’t tell if I made the hunt too hard or too easy. I was really busy at work today and didn’t have much time for breaks to check the forum, Facebook, or outside, but I did see it looked sketchy. Obviously, I didn’t want people to get hurt looking for particular types of cars, so I made it easier. To anyone upset about this midday change, sorry.

[Indiana]

2/18/21 – Full Electric Car (Hybrids OK!)

Today’s ride was mostly about avoiding cars since they were slipping around more than I was on a fat tire bike.

I think the rules changed after I rode, but thankfully I took a couple different shots. I couldn’t remember if the rules were for an “electric car” or “electric vehicle,” so hoping for the latter I photographed a couple ebikes, a scooter, and the metro. But then I came home and saw that “car” was specified. And now, apparently, hybrids are okay. I have a hybrid electric with a bike rack on it, but since I can’t use my own, here’s someone else’s smart car I saw on my ride:
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[Steve O]

When did all these rules change?

I went out in the snow after work scouring the local garages’ electric charging stations hoping to find one. Now I’m home, unsuccessful, only to discover I coulda just taken a picture of a plain old Prius.

I see drevil is feeling a bit contrite. For his penance he can award me my 2 Mercedes points as requested.

[Kbikeva]

@drevil 208169 wrote:

Yeah, I know

At about 4pm. I sometimes can’t tell if I made the hunt too hard or too easy. I was really busy at work today and didn’t have much time for breaks to check the forum, Facebook, or outside, but I did see it looked sketchy. Obviously, I didn’t want people to get hurt looking for particular types of cars, so I made it easier. To anyone upset about this midday change, sorry.

Not upset, just confused. I appreciate you putting the game on at all.

[bikedavid]

@drevil 208121 wrote:

2/18/21 – Full Electric Car (Hybrids OK!)

Can count on a DC cab to be a hybrid! Most of the time they are a Prius but this one is a Rav4.

[drevil]

2/19/21 – Planet(s) – likeness or name of a specific planet or the word “planet”

On February 19, 1473, Nicolaus Copernicus was born. He was a mathematician and astronomer during the Renaissance that proposed the heretical idea that Earth was not the center of the universe, but instead it was the sun.

On your ride, find anything related to one of our 9 planets (yes, I’m including Pluto), whether it be a likeness or the name of the planet. However, if you take a picture of dirt and call it Earth, you’ll get exactly .25 points Let us know which planet is in your photo.

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EDIT at 10:18 AM
Sorry I keep waffling. Pick a specific planet OR use “planet”. It’s all good for 1 point.
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Happy hunting!

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[Nadine]

@accordioneur 208164 wrote:

drevil, I feel sorry for the headache you’ll have after scoring today’s hunt! For example, the Chevy Volt is a plug-in hybrid and the Niro is a hybrid. Neither are EVs.

This lists the Kia Niro as an EV https://www.caranddriver.com/shopping-advice/g32463239/new-ev-models-us/

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[Nadine]

@drevil 208176 wrote:

2/19/21 – Planet(s) – likeness or word

On February 19, 1473, Nicolaus Copernicus was born. He was a mathematician and astronomer during the Renaissance that proposed the heretical idea that Earth was not the center of the universe, but instead it was the sun.

On your ride, find anything related to one of our 9 planets (yes, I’m including Pluto), whether it be a likeness or the name of the planet. However, if you take a picture of dirt and call it Earth, you’ll get exactly .25 points Let us know which planet is in your photo.

Happy hunting!

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Hahaha a picture of dirt and call it earth…. That would be baaaaaad [emoji38]

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[LhasaCM]

@Nadine 208177 wrote:

This lists the Kia Niro as an EV https://www.caranddriver.com/shopping-advice/g32463239/new-ev-models-us/

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They have both hybrid and EV editions of the Niro, just to keep it confusing.

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[Laurie E.]

@drevil 208121 wrote:

2/18/21 – Full Electric Car (Hybrids OK!)

EDIT: Hybrids like the Prius are OK for today’s hunt.

On National Battery Day, which is February 18, take a picture of a fully electric or hybrid car.

I know this could go all over the place, so a few rules:

1. It CAN be a hybrid (which rely on both battery and gas), e.g., the Toyota Prius, Ford Fusion. Hybrid cars often have the word around the model name
2. It has to be a car that people can ride in on a highway, so no little radio control (RC) cars or golf carts
3. It can’t be at a dealership
4. It can’t be your own

Point scoring for this hunt:

• 1 point for any partially electric/partially gas hybrid cars like the Toyota Prius, or
• 1.5 points for a Tesla (since they are so popular in our area), or
• 2 points for any fully electric car that isn’t a Tesla
• An extra two points if this hybrid/electric car has a bike rack on it (must be clearly visible in the pic)

Happy hunting!

For example, this Tesla with a bike rack would garner you 3 points (1 for car, +2 for bike rack), and a bunch of salivating bike nerds.

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Electric Car 2/18/21 I found it being charged in a garage. Don’t know what type of car it is.

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[cvcalhoun]

@Laurie E. 208181 wrote:

Electric Car 2/18/21 I found it being charged in a garage. Don’t know what type of car it is.

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It’s a Prius, so a hybrid but not an all electric. (I found this out the hard way, when I posted one and drevil had to tell me it was a Prius rather than a Tesla.) In any event, given the change in rules, it works to give you a point for the day.

[sszibler]

2/18 – Electrical Nikolai Tesla/Thomas Edison Contraption

I’m doing awful at this game. First I didn’t get the pic of the bird feeder in my own back yard soon enough and tonight I missed the Electric Car by a few minutes (I think) and uploaded even later. But it’s a fun one to know about at Audi Stadium. The lit sign in front of it that is illegible with the IPhone says something like “100% Electric”.

I also missed Planets for today when I #LondonBridge (d) at the Air & Space museum and it was so dark there and under construction anyway. Maybe later!

[cvcalhoun]

2/19/21 – Planet(s) – likeness or word
Mercury. I’d actually seen a Web page discussing a development called The Mercury at Wildwood. However, when I looked at the address for the development, it was a Bethesda Bagels. I’m not sure whether the idea of the development got abandoned or what. However, I was not inclined to hang around too long to investigate after a homeless guy:

• Approached me,
• Took off his mask,
• After I hastily backed six feet away, asked me about what I was doing,
• Complimented my Lumos helmet (which has lights on it), and
• Told me I had a nice butt.

Yeah, I’m pretty determined, but that last (in a deserted shopping mall in the middle of the night) was enough to discourage even me.

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[cvcalhoun]

@Nadine 208152 wrote:

Sooooo I posted something to my neighborhood listserv asking if anyone know of any electric cars in the hood. 2 neighbors came through with 3 cars. I found 1. After that I only looked at what kinda car if it had a rack. I think people probably removed their bike racks for the snow forecast.

@Kbikeva 208153 wrote:

I posted to mine too and … crickets. The one neighbor who used to have an electric car gave it up and went back to Subaru. The other neighbor who has a Tesla is away. Probably someplace warm.

Apparently, I win the “most helpful neighbors” prize. When I posted on NextDoor, one neighbor offered her BMW i3 (albeit with no bike rack). Another told me that someone he knew had an EV with a bike rack, and gave me enough information so I was able to find the vehicle in question. (It turned out the vehicle with a bike rack was a hybrid, not a full EV, but the bike rack made it worth using anyway.)

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